Limestone names first football coach

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Limestone College introduced Bobby James as the school’s first football coach on Friday.

Special to The Star

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Limestone College introduced Bobby James as the school’s first football coach on Friday.

James brings 18 years of coaching experience to the Saints, 13 of those as a defensive coordinator. He joins Limestone after six years at Wingate University, the last five of which were as the head of the defense.The crown jewel of that run came in 2010 when his defense helped key a series of firsts for the Bulldogs that included a South Atlantic Conference championship, NCAA tournament appearance and NCAA tournament first-round victory. That season the defense led the conference in forced turnovers and had the top ranking in conference games for turnover ratio.

Prior to his time at Wingate, James has also coached at Division III Susquehanna (2004-06), Division II New Haven (2002-03), Division I Drake (2001), Division III Wilkes (1999-2000) and Division II schools Lenoir-Rhyne (1997-98) and Bloomsburg (1995-96). At each stop, he has either been an assistant head coach or the defensive coordinator, handling both responsibilities at several schools.As a player, he starred at Bloomsburg from 1990-94 and was a two-time all-conference performer.

Limestone will recruit approximately 50 student-athletes for a redshirt year in 2013 before hitting the field for a full schedule in 2014.

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